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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS24E4 Sins of Commission]]", while walking through the cemetery, Winter gets hit over the head with a length of wood and [[TapOnTheHead knocked out]].

** The first weapon James Sunderland equips in ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' is the wooden plank that he rips from a safety barricade, complete with rusty nails stuck in the end. He makes use of it when he first encounters a Lying Figure. While obviously weaker than the [[PipePain pipe]] you receive later in the game, it has the bonus of being much quicker to swing.

* In the original ''Film/TheEvilDead'' Ash uses a large wooden plank to beat his demonically possessed girlfriend Linda after she digs herself out of her grave. It eventually breaks and he has to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate her]] with a [[ShovelStrike shovel]] before she can kill him.

* In ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'', Moe Szyslak's weapon of choice is a plank with nails sticking out; he once wins a Duff Beer sponsored "best bartender" contest when he wins the drunk tossing portion by chasing Barney with one.

** It appears [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/5/5e/Board.png/ again]] in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and ''[[VideoGame/Fallout76 76]]'', although very different from most kinds of 2x4 or 4x4 weapons, instead it looks somewhat akin to a cricket bat with even a long relatively thin handle that's wrapped with duct tape for grip. It can be seen often in the hands of the super mutants. Thanks to 4's rather robust weapon customization system you can give your plank different upgardes to make it more viable as a weapon.

** The Majini of ''Videogame/ResidentEvil5'' are armed with a variety of melee weapons, including wooden planks with [[SavageSpikedWeapon nails hammered into the end]].

* Sara and Billy utilize this trope in ''Film/{{Day of the Dead|1985}}'' when they're locked in the corral full of zombies.

* ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' made frequent use of this trope, sometimes accidentally, sometimes deliberately.

This trope covers all other kinds of lumber/timber from wooden poles/sticks, boards, planks, and etc. of different shapes and sizes. As long as it's a piece of construction wood and used as a weapon. Other wooden weapons such as [[BatterUp Baseball/cricket bats]], [[CarryABigStick wooden clubs/maces]] or [[MartialArtsStaff staves]][=/=][[BladeOnAStick spears]] have their own tropes.

[[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/FullThrottle https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ben_plank_of_wood.png]]]] [[caption-width-right:350:[[DoubleEntendre Never mess with a man when he’s got wood]].]]

* Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan famously made use of a 2×4 as a weapon,

* In Los Angeles, California, a pitbull attack on an animal control officer was caught on tape while the officer was investigating reports on said animal. While the present camera crew failed to stop the attack, a neighbor came to the rescue and beat the dog off of the officer with a 2×4.

* Jim "Hacksaw" Duggan famously made use of a 2×4 as a weapon. to fit with his theme of being something like a lumberjack.

* Appears twice in the ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' series.

** ''VideoGame/SilentHillBookOfMemories'' also features the wooden plank as a weapon. But unlike ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', Book of Memories features the BreakableWeapons system, so it's only a temporary weapon.

* In ''AshVsEvilDead'', when getting a rematch with [[spoiler:the Deadite-possesed Henrietta (well technically the past version of her), Ash tries to use a wooden plank with some nails hammered through it to fight her, although due to being an undead bloated corpse. All it does is have [[NoSell the nails end up getting stuck to her body]].]]

This trope covers all other kinds of lumber/timber from wooden poles/sticks, boards, planks, and etc. of different shapes and sizes. As long as it's a piece of construction wood and used as a weapon. Other wooden weapons such as [[BatterUp Baseball/cricket bats]], [[CarryABigStick wooden clubs/maces]] or [[SimpleStaff staves]][=/=][[BladeOnAStick spears]] have their own tropes.

* A common weapon to be found in the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series, usually referred to as "Lumber" (or any other names) and very prevalent. Either as something that can be bought from shops or picked up off the street/floor/wherever the fighting is, to deliver the hurt on some {{Mook}}s. It usually comes in a 4x4 shape but it's length either goes from club-like to [[SimpleStaff staff-like]] (referred to as "Long Lumber"), and as with every weapon have some HEAT moves to deliver some serious pain.

* ''Film/{{Clownhouse}}'': When Casey and Geoffrey are confronted by a MonsterClown in the attic, Geoffrey hits him repeatedly in the head with a piece of timber, forcing him to back up. As he does so, Casey [[KneelPushTrip kneels down at the top of the stairs. The retreating clown trips over him]] and takes a Staircasetumble.